[Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.

[Jay Weigel]

NeVAYda and El DoRAYdo Springs, MO.

MURRv'l (Maryville) and SuhVURv'l (Sevierville), TN.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here in the mid-atlantic region we immediately know which city and state
> you are referring to if you speak of NEW-erk (Newark, NJ) or new-ARK
> (Newark, DEL).
>
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > 'Tis very common:
> >
> > MAD-rid, Iowa
> > Ne-VAY-duh, Iowa   (Nevada)
> >
> > Ber-LIN, Vermont - but
> > BER-lin, New Hampshire
> >
> > And, as you know, folks in Pennsylvania pronounce Lancaster with the
> > proper stress on the first syllable.
> > The home of my alma mater is BETH-lee-'m, PA
> >
> > Now down to -20F ...
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 10:48 PM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> > Subject: [Magdalen] Local Pronunciation.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > A medical school classmate of mine has died in the Two Rivers,
> > Wisconsin area, and it reminded me of some odd regional place
> > names for locals in Wisconsin:
> >
> > For example, natives say something like t'RIVers for Two Rivers.
> >
> > Then there is m'WAUkee for Milwaukee.
> >
> > p'WAU-kee for pe-WAU-kee
> >
> > And lang-cast-er (without any syllabic stress) for the English
> > LANC-as-ter.
> >
> > RAY-seen for ra-CINE.
> >
> > FON-ge-lac for fond du LAC
> >
> > etc
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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